Hat-fastener



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I HAT FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, I9I9- RENEWED OCT. 25, 1920- 1',361,204. Paten ed De 7, 1920.-

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

Application filed October 13, 1919, Serial No. 330,203. Renewed October 25, 1920. Serial No. 419,491.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER UDESEN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Port Arthur, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present sole invention is to provide a hat fastener that is susceptible of ready application and removal, and is highly eflicient for the purpose that its name imports.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the peculiar and advantageous hat fastener as hereinafter de: scribed and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my novel fastener as the same appears when ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the fastener with the point member displaced and the springs extended to secure the fastener in the hair of the wearer of the hat; a portion of the adjacent wall of the hat body being shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the complete device, or a view taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail section showing the connection of the springs to the plunger and the arrangement of the plunger and springs in the tubular body of the fastener.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the point member per se of the device.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel hat fastener comprises a tubular body 1.

Movable rectilinearly in the body 1 is a plunger rod 2 having at its outer end a head 8.

Connected to the forward end, of the plunger-rod 2 and adapted to be sheathed in the tubular body 1, are spring-retainers 4c, the function of which is to rest in the hair of the hat wearer and thereby prevent displacement of the hat. This capacity of the retainers 4 will be readily appreciated when it is stated that when extended from the forward end of the tubular body 1, the retainers will assume the position illustrated in Fig. 2.c'. e., will extend in curvilinear manner and radially from the inner end of the tubular body 1.

Fixed with respect to the tubular body 1 at an intermediate point in the length thereof is a combined finger-piece and stop 5 that is adapted to bring up against the outer side of a side wall of the hat body.

' Arranged at opposite sides of the tubular body 1 and the plunger rod 2, and connected to said tubular body and plunger rod are lazy-tong members 6.

At 7 is the point member of the device; the said point member having a shank 8 which is designed to be removably sheathed 1n the forward end of the tubular body 1.

In the practical use of the fastener, the shank member of the point member 7 is arranged in the forward end of the tubular body 1, while the other partsare relatively arranged as shown in Fig. l. The point member 7 is then forced through the wall 9 of a ladys hat, so as to carry the tubular body 1 through said wall. The plunger rod 2 is then forced forwardly in order to displace thepoint member 7, which point memher is then recovered by the user for subsequent use. The plunger rod 2 is then retracted and the hat is positioned upon the head of the wearer, and thereupon the plunger rod 2 is forced forwardly so as to spread the retaining springs 1 in the hair of the wearer, with the result that the fastener will be strongly secured to the hair, and hence will serve efficiently in fastening the hat upon the head.

Byreference to Fig. 2, it will be apparent that by exerting with the thumb and forefinger inward pressure upon the outermost portions of the comparatively long intermediate lazytong members 6, which outermost portions are preferabl equipped with antifriction rolls 10 to a 0rd bearing surfaces for the thumb and fore-finger, the user is enabled to expeditiously and easily retract the plunger rod 2, and thereby withdraw the spring retainers 4: from the hair and sheath the same in the tubular body 1. From this it follows that the lazytong members constitute a compressible handle for the easy withdrawal of the retainers 4: without distortion of the hat or disarrangement of the hair of the wearer. Then if desired, the tubular body 1 may be withdrawn from the wall of the hat body and the shank of the point member 7 may be sheathed between the spring-retainers 4 and in the for- Ward portion of the tubular body 1 for subsequent use of the device.

IVhile I prefer to employ the point member 7 in combination With the tubular body 1 for the purpose indicated, I do not desire to be understood as confining myself to the employment of the point member 7, inasmuch as any extraneous device may be employed to puncture the side Wall of the hat body as a condition precedent to the introduction into said Wall of the tubular body 1.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is:

A hat fastener comprising a tubular body having a combined stop and finger-piece at an intermediate point in its length, a plunger rod movable rectilinearly in said tubular body, retaining spring strips connected to the forward portion of the plunger rod and adapted upon forward movement of said rod to extend radially in curvilinear manner from the forward end of the tubular body and upon retraction of the rod to be sheathed in the tubular body and lazytong members connected to and extending laterally from the tubular body and the plunger rod; the intermediate lazytong members being comparatively long and constituting a compressible handle.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

WALTER UDESEN. 

